To live and defy in LA : how gangsta rap changed America / Felicia Angeja Viator.

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"In its early days, rap was understood as the poetry of the "inner city," which usually meant New York. Few expected anything as hard-edged as gangsta rap to emerge from Los Angeles, home of surf and sun. Felicia Viator tells the story of LA's self-styled "ghetto reporters," whose music forced Ameri...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Viator, Felicia Angeja, 1978- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2020.
Subjects:
Gangsta rap (Music) > Social aspects > United States.
Gangsta rap (Music) > California > Los Angeles > History and criticism.
Inner cities > California > Los Angeles.
Urban youth > California > Los Angeles.
Gangsta rap (Music)
Inner cities.
Urban youth.
California > Los Angeles.
United States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Genre:
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Physical Description:xi, 337 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction: They don't even know
  • The Batterram
  • Hardcore L.A.
  • The boys in the hood are always hard
  • Somebody's gonna pay attention
  • Without a gun and a badge
  • Conclusion: L.A County blues.